Friday, January 9, 2009

Want a great snack idea? Clementines from Spain! They're small, portable, easy-to-peel (my kids can easily peel these without help), yummy, and good for you!

I love these Clementines because they're seedless, or very nearly seedless. And unlike some varieties of oranges, you can easily chew these. I hate oranges that are impossible to chew. I always end up spitting out globs of that membrane separating each segment. These Clementines from Spain aren't like that. They're de-lish!

Clementines from Spain are also a good source of antioxidants, vitamin C, folate, fiber and potassium. They're sweet and juicy, but only have about 50 calories each!

Not only do they make great after-school snacks, are perfect for lunchboxes and late night munchies when you crave something sweet, but you can use them to spice up your favorite recipes. In fact, here's a recipe for a cheesecake that is awesome!

In a large bowl, mix together gingersnap crumbs, brown sugar, Clementines from Spain zest and melted butter until mixture resembles wet sand. Transfer mixture to 9” spring form pan and press down so that the crumb mixture covers bottom evenly and comes up the sides of the pan an inch. Place in refrigerator until ready to fill.

To prepare the filling:

In a large bowl using electric mixer, blend cream cheese and sour cream until smooth. Gradually add sugar, Clementines from Spain juice, Clementines from Spain zest and flour, making sure to scrape down the sides of bowl. Mix thoroughly.Add eggs one at a time, continuing to blend until mixture is smooth.

Remove crust from refrigerator and fill with cream cheese mixture.

Place in the center rack of oven and bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until lightly golden and firm in the center.

I've got 5 crates of Clementines from Spain to give away to 5 readers! (You have to be a US resident for this contest.) Just leave me a comment here and I'll choose 5 random winners on Tuesday, January 13. Good luck!

these sound wonderful for my twenty two month old son whom likes to do things on his own with out help. other things like this he ends up juicing when he tries to pull them apart since that is one of his favorite things to do.where do you get these at?JoEll

This sounds great my kids love oranges so this would be perfect. I have to peel all oranges even for my 18 year old cause oranges are tough. Plus is I win it would be a perfect birthday present for me I turn 43 on the 21st!!!!!!!!!!

This is ironic that you posted this. My sister was just telling me over the holiday how awesome clementines are. I've never had them before so I looked for them at my grocery store the other day but couldn't find any. Wonder if they haven't reached Georgia from Spain yet? You know, that sling shot is pretty hard to do ;)

We LOVE LOVE LOVE them! They won't be around long if we win that is for sure! And I will for SURE be making that cheesecake (if I can). Thanks for the chance to win. What a great giveaway, something healthy for the New year (well besides the cheesecake that is LOL!).Suemarklovessue@numail.org

My son goes crazy for them! Unfortunatly they just went out of season up here in Italy, so we will have to wait for next fall to eat them again.If some miracle happens and you pick me, they will go to my sister who is in Ohio.

My grandparents had a citrus grove when I was growing up and would sell their fruit to Sunkist. Needless to say, I've always had a hard time finding citrus that was "up to par" in my book. Clementines are the exception! I love them. Thanks for the opportunity to win!

Ooooo, I'm going to have to try that recipe. Would you believe that Little Miss ate three clementines at snack time today because she kept wanting more? ;) That includes the one I was planning to eat myself, of course....

Oh, I hope I win!! Both of my kids love clementines!! We are down to the end of the box I bought...looks like I'll be out buying more soon! Thanks for the great recipe...I'll have to try that! Hubby loves gingersnaps and clementines so it's perfect for him! :)

The Bean boys LOVE clementines!! I wish we could get them year-round, but when they are in season other fruit just don't exist! Great recipe too I never actually thought to do anything else with clementines but gobble them right up!

OH I would LOVE these, and might even share some with my kids. Or maybe not! The last box of clementines here in Washington (land of the rain) they were awful and dry and I was so looking forward to them!

I love how easy clementines are to peel. I may be crazy but I also love oranges that have a very thick peel. First I thinly cut off the peel with a knife, then hand peel off the whitish flesh and eat that. YUM.

Only US residents, eh? What? You don't want to send them back to Spain? The recipe looks delicious. I can tell you made it and garnished it and took the picture, right? 'Cause it just has home with six kids written all over it. Seriously, I love clementines and so do my kids. I love that they can peel them. Now if I could just get them to put the peelings in the garbage.

My family loves clementines. We discovered them recently and cannot stop eating them. I love that I can give several to my kids as a snack without feeling guilty about filling them up with sugar. We would love to have another crate of them.

Dawn, I love clementimes. I had one on Michigan over Christmas and I was disappointed that I couldn't find them here when I got back to Michigan. I finally found a bag of them at Wallies World. P.S. I love you blog. Okie Nana

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